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How do you say “No Olympics” in Japanese?
The Summer Games are slated to begin on July 23 in Tokyo, and the host country is not having it. Polls show that 60%-70% of the Japanese public wants the event canceled. The world should listen and call off the Games, sports columnist Dylan Hernández writes.
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In normal times, Japan embraces Olympics-mania. But not this year. Less than 3% of the population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, and the country remains under
extended emergency measures because of the spread of new and more contagious coronavirus variants.
Against that backdrop, the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee has made some requests that Hernández says show why canceling ought to be a no-brainer. For instance, the Japanese Nursing Assn. was asked to dispatch 500 nurses for the Games, while 30 hospitals were asked to admit infected athletes ahead of other patients.
Biden’s infrastructure plan aims to reduce
exclusionary zoning rules that keep people of color out of many neighborhoods. But are there enough sticks to go with all those carrots and will the suburbs buy in? Senate Republicans are signaling that they will try to block or at least slow down a Democratic effort to create a 9/11-style commission on the deadly The New York attorney general’s office said that it is conducting a criminal investigation into
former President Trump’s business empire, expanding what had previously been a civil probe.
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By Eugene Holley Jr. | May 14, 2021
Eso Won has long been one of the country’s preeminent Black-owned bookstores and, of course, was indispensable this past year,” noted Ellen Adler, publisher of the New Press, in her nominating letter. “But that’s nothing new: it has long been indispensable as those who are lucky enough to count it as their local bookstore or who have made the pilgrimage and had a visit well know.”
Originally named Eso Won Books on Wheels, the bookstore, now located in Leimert Park Village, an African American business district in central Los Angeles, was founded by owners James Fugate and Tom Hamilton. From the start, their goal was to sell books at community events. Over the years, Fugate says, “we have worked with local bookselling groups, been a part of the
California is finally bolstering its ground game for getting vaccines into arms.
In an effort that resembles
a get-out-the-vote campaign, the Golden State is hiring 2,000 canvassers to work the phones and knock on doors, report my colleagues Laura J. Nelson and Maya Lau. And stay tuned for a flurry of ads and testimonials on television, radio and even TikTok.
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The state is also expanding its efforts to target those who don’t have the resources that, to date, have proved necessary to get a vaccine in California: cars, reliable internet access, paid sick leave and trusted medical providers. Officials are coordinating free transportation, setting up kiosks outside high-traffic areas such as malls and train stations, and opening more clinics for walk-in appointments.